Book review of what happened to goodbye

Title: What happened to Goodbye?

Author: Sarah Dessen   

Series:   no

Chapters: 18

Pages: 402

Genre: teen chick lit

Rating:  4 ½ stars

     What happened to Goodbye is another book by Sarah Dessen that I enjoyed. It is a teen book that is a clean read. There are  a few curse words in it, but that’s it.

reading list

Finshed
500 Acres and No Place to Hide: More Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl by Susan McCorkindale
Pick your Poison by Leann Sweeney mystery


Currnetly reading
Roadside Assistance by Amy Clipston
 The Doctor's Family By Lenora Worth
Soul Surfer Devotions by Bethany Hamilton


Getting ready to read
Nightshade by Ronie Kendig
Paid in Blood by Mel Odom
River's Song by Melody Carlson
His Country Girl by Jillian Hart
Too Close to Home  Lynette Eason
Sketchy Behavior by Erynn Mangum
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

reading for school
The Working Poor  by David K. Shipper
CJ 2011 (My Crime Kit series by James A Fagin
Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication by: Ronald B Adler
Psychology A Journey by Dennis Coon

Review of Cleopatra Confesses

Title: Cleopatra Confesses

Author: Carolyn Meyer

Series:   no

Chapters: 54 plus Epilogue

Pages: 288

Genre: teen historical fiction

Rating: 4 stars  

     Told from Cleopatra’s point of view from the time see was 13 till her earlier twenties. The book starts out with an older Cleopatra on the eve of her death reflecting on her life and the choices that she made, both good and bad.  The library and the bookstores classify it as a teen book, but with what’s implied in the book I would say older teen and adult.

My reading list

 Finshed

The Colonel's Lady by Laura Frantz
The Dying Breathe Alane Ferguson
Somebdoy Everybody listens to  Suzanne Supplee

Currnetly reading
Roadside Assistance by Amy Clipston
500 Acres and No Place to Hide: More Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl by Susan McCorkindale
 Too Close to Home  Lynette Eason
The Doctor's Family By Lenora Worth
Soul Surfer Devotions by Bethany Hamilton
Sketchy Behavior by Erynn Mangum

Getting ready to read
Nightshade by Ronie Kendig
Paid in Blood by Mel Odom
River's Song by Melody Carlson
His Country Girl by Jillian Hart

reading for school
The Working Poor  by David K. Shipper
CJ 2011 (My Crime Kit series by James A Fagin
Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication by: Ronald B Adler
Psychology A Journey by Dennis Coon

Book review of The Colonel's lady

Title: The Colonel’s Lady

Author: Laura Frantz

Series:   no

Chapters: 39 plus Epilogue

Pages: 408

Genre: Christian Historical Fiction

Rating:  5 stars 10/10

     The Colonel’s Lady is the third book by Laura Frantz. The book was everything that I thought it would be and more. The Colonel’s Lady is a little different than her other two books. The Heroine is a little older than Lael and Morrow, and the hero is a little rougher around the edges than her other hero’s.

     Roxanna Rowan arrives at a Kentucky fort to join her solider father only to find that her father has died. She has nowhere to go, no money and sees herself as a spinster. Colonel Cassius McLinn commander of the fort offers her, her father’s job as a scrivener until others arrangements can be made.  Both Roxanna and Cassius end up developing feelings for each other, but they are both to afraid to voice their love. The colonel also has a secret that could destroy everything. Will Cass and Roxie have a chance at love?

     The character of Colonel Cassius McLinn according to the author is loosely based on Colonel George Roger’s Clark, because she wanted to give Clark a different ended. I know this sounds bad but Clark was never one of my favorites from history and I don’t really know why; he help found my hometown, and I’ve been to his final home in Kentucky twice. Once as a kindergarten student on a field trip and the second time for my college history class. To me he was never as interesting as Daniel Boone.

     With each of Laura’s previous books there where bits and pieces that I loved more than others. With The Frontiersman’s Daughter I loved the fact that Lael was a bit of a free spirit. I could see Kentucky history with Fort Click and Ezekiel Click. With Courting Morrow Little I loved the love story.

     With The Colonel’s Lady I loved the whole book. I know this sounds bad but I think Roxie has become my new favorite character. Mainly I think it is because I can relate to her more; even though I am not as old as Roxie I am older than both Lael and Morrow where. Being the daughter of a former Marine I could relate to Roxie’s fear for her father before she knew he had died.  It was nice to see an Irish hero in a book.    The Colonel’s Lady is my new favorite book by Laura Frantz, and I can’t wait to next year to see what else she has come up with.

Fireman Dad book review

Title: Fireman Dad

Author: Betsy St. Amant

Series:   love inspired

Chapters: 15 plus Epilogue

Pages: 214

Genre: Romance

Rating:  5 stars 10/10

     The daughter of a fireman and a widow of another Marissa isn’t sure she wants to give love another chance. She wants to raise her son and focus on him. She never thought that one man that she fell for would be a fireman, who becomes her son’s hero. What is a woman to do who’s lost her faith? Will she return to God’s loving arms, and trust His will or will she continue to run?

     I first discovered Betsy St. Amant when I read her book Return to Love. A book about an aquerimen worker who is a penguin keeper; who’s fighting to protect them and gets a second chance at love. The book caught my eye because it had my favorite animal in it penguins. From the first book to Fireman Dad Betsy St.Amant’s books have been wonderful reads. With messages of God’s love and faithfulness woven through the story. Her books combine some of the elements that I love to read about; God, laugther, and love. One of the great things about her romance novels are that they are clean.

     Safe for teens to read, to see “couples” having God at the center of their relationship; even though they go through troubles with God first they can get through everything. Just like in real life God never promised easy just possible.

Review of Beaded Hope

Title: Beaded Hope

Author: Cathy Liggett

Series:   No

Chapters: 46 plus epilogue

Pages: 381

Genre: Christian chick lit/ real life fiction

Rating:  5 Stars 10/10

     Four America women with nothing in common build relationships with South African and each other.  Cassandra is looking for away to advance her career. Heidi a single mom is trying to figure out what to do with her teenage daughter. Katie is a pregnant teenage trying to figure life out. Gabby is looking for an escape, after suffering another miscarriage. These four women will find more than they bargained for in South Africa, and they will ever be the same.

Beaded Hope is an awesome read. Very emotional very seldom do I read a book that makes me cry; however with Beaded Hope I was crying off and on through the whole book. The book though fiction is written about an actual missions trip. The bead for hope is an actual project in which women in South Africa and other African countries learn to make beaded artwork and jewelry in order to support themselves and their families.

Beaded Hope is a wonderful read. I recommend that every one read this book; there is even a readers guide at the back of the book; if you wanted to read it for a book club.